75 Years Ago - Eileen's Diary - January 6, 1937

75 Years Ago

Eileen's Diary

January 6, 1937

This entry is the daily post on this blog from the diary of eighteen year old Eileen KINNICK, 75 Years Ago this date.

Since midway through 2010, a weekly update/comments blog entry began to appear on the Dr. Bill Tells Ancestor Stories blog. Those weekly entries, on that blog, on each Tuesday of the week, will continue, with links to these daily entries.


For 1937, the first entry available was for January 4. It was made in a multi-year diary format, so is short. Starting on January 5, there are two entries, one on the small format and a second is a full page entry. I suspect the longer entries were made later, when she got that book… there is now way to know, unless it shows up in the entries. This goes on for a couple of weeks. Let's see how it goes.

Here is the short entry for Wednesday, January 6:

Mom stayed in bed late. sleeting out & walks slick. Jean to school house in pm. Ate in town again. Listened to radio & finished embroidering Ferne's pillow. Still cold!


Here is the long entry for Wednesday, January 6:

Had to get breakfast again. Mom stayed in bed. Not so cold but it rained and turned to ice. Walks terribly slick. Lots colder at Noon. Bussy & I ate at Hambg. shop. Ila Jean here awhile in the morning. Fun watching people fall & stumble by. Bussy said he only fell down twice. {she had underlined} Charley stayed in. Listened to president's speech. Talked about Louisiana. {she had underlined} Jean & I took V8 up to school house. Lot of fun. Typed & watched B.B. practice. Home early. Listened to radio & I finished Ferne's Xmas pillow.

My comment: If you would like to see President Roosevelt's State of the Union message, read here.


Familes are Forever!  ;-)

75 Years Ago - Eileen's Diary - January 5, 1937

75 Years Ago

Eileen's Diary

January 5, 1937

This entry is the second daily post on this blog from the diary of eighteen year old Eileen KINNICK, 75 Years Ago this date.

Background: For 1936, Eileen's diary entries have been online since 2005. Midway through 2010, a weekly update/comments blog entry began to appear on the Dr. Bill Tells Ancestor Stories blog. Those weekly entries, on that blog, on each Tuesday of the week, will continue, with links to these daily entries.

For 1937, the first entry available was for January 4. It was made in a multi-year diary format, so is short. Starting on January 5, there are two entries, one on the small format and a second is a full page entry. I suspect the longer entries were made later, when she got that book… there is now way to know, unless it shows up in the entries. This goes on for a couple of weeks. Let's see how it goes.

Here is the short entry for Tuesday, January 5:

Mom stayed in bed late. Studied shorthand. Wore ski suit. Not quite so cold today. Pete came down to store awhile in p.m. We went to Bk Nite "Star for a Nite". Dad & Buzzy to games - Mom in bed.


Here is the long entry for Tuesday, January 5:

Awfully cold. I had to get breakfast. Mom stayed in bed 'til late. Little warmer at Noon. Aunt Lil was in.  Had her hair cut and set. Looks so differently. Got 21 ready in Shthand. Charlie is going to either Arkansas or Louisiana! {she had underlined} Pete here in pm for awhile. Curled Bertha's hair. Skating rink men talked to me awhile. Edith and i started home with Edith R. Her car broke so we started walking & Orville picked us up. Did separator, ate, did dishes, and Pete came & we went to Bank Nite "Star for a nite." Really good. Went right home Sat outside in the car till 11:00.



Families are Forever!  ;-)

Wordless (nearly) Wednesday - Dick and Jeanette

Wordless (nearly) Wednesday

Dick and Jeanette

Returning home from being out of town over the holidays, it was so neat to open this 2011 Christmas card, with all the latest news, from my KINNICK cousins, in California. Neat cover photo on card!

Dick and Jeanette Kinnick Brideson Shapley

Jeanette was one of my earliest cousin correspondents as I began my serious research on the KINNICK family back in the early 1990s. She is the daughter of Gertrude KINNICK, one of five children of Alonzo and Nettie (WILLIAMS) KINNICK, along with my maternal grandfather, Paul.

[For more on this family, see here, here, and here.]

Families are Forever!  ;-)

75 Years Ago - Eileen's Diary - January 4, 1937

75 Years Ago

Eileen's Diary

January 4, 1937

This entry starts a daily post on this blog from the diary of eighteen year old Eileen KINNICK, 75 Years Ago this date. Eileen had recently turned 18 years old, just before Christmas. [Eileen, who is the mother of the author of this blog, died in 1999, at age 80]

Background: For 1936, Eileen's diary entries have been online since 2005. Midway through 2010, a weekly update/comments blog entry began to appear on the Dr. Bill Tells Ancestor Stories blog. Those weekly entries, on that blog, on each Tuesday of the week, will continue, with links to these daily entries.

The 1936 entries ended with January 1, 1937. There are not entries for January 2 and 3 available. For 1937, the first entry available is for January 4. It was made in a multi-year diary format, so is short. Starting on January 5, there are two entries, one on the small format and a second is a full page entry. I suspect the longer entries were made later, when she got that book… there is no way to know, unless it shows up in the entries. This goes on for a couple of weeks. Let's see how it goes.

Here is the entry for Monday, January 4:

Wore ski pants to work. Studied shorthand. Paul T. got my typewriter. Got 7 curls (Zoto)(sic) at 5:00. I brought car home alone. Heard Fibber MaGee & Molly & "Men in White". Embroidered.


My Comments:

Fibber McGee & Molly debuted on the radio on 16 Apr 1936.
Fibber McGee and Molly 1937 Archive - That voice is sooooo… familiar; listened many years, myself.
Lux Radio Theater - men in white - 1/4/1937


Families are Forever!  ;-)

Betty Zane (Kinnick) Sheer Obituary

Betty Zane (Kinnick) Sheer Obituary

From Coon Rapids Enterprise, Thursday, December 4, 2008, page 2:

Services for Betty Sheer

Services for Betty Sheer of Bayard will be Thursday (today), December 4 at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Bayard with Reverend Larry Monthei officiating.
Casket Bearers will be Betty's grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Interment will be in the Highland Township Cemetery south of Bayard.

BETTY ZANE SHEER

Betty Zane, daughter of Robert and Edna (Pierce) Kinnick, was born June 8, 1922, on a farm west of Coon Rapids, Carroll County. She moved with her family to a farm near Glidden where she attended county school. They then purchased a farm south of Bayard where Betty completed her education, graduating from Bayard High School. Betty worked in a grocery store for a short time before her marriage. On November 1, 1942, Betty was united in marriage with Howard Sheer at Bethany, MIssouri. When her husband quit working in Nebraska and South Dakota building electrical high lines, they farmed in the Bagley and Bayard area.

After they retired from farming in 1987, they moved into Bayard. Betty and Howard took great pleasure in spending their winters in Texas. Betty was a member of the United Methodist Church in Bayard and the United Methodist Women, as well as the Rebekah Lodge.

She enjoyed garage sales, auctions, and antique/junk stores. Betty enjoyed singing, fishing from a boat, gardening and cooking for her family and friends. She and her sister Gretchen spent time at the local nursing home sewing and mending for the residents. Above all, she had a special place in her hear for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

After the death of her husband in 1993, Betty was able to remain in their  home until mid-October 2008 when she became a resident of the Thomas Rest Haven in Coon Rapids. She died there on Monday, December 1 at the the age of 86 years, 5 months and 23 days.

Preceding her in death are her parents; husband; brothers Burdette Kinnick and Lyle Kinnick; and sister Ila Jean Buhr.

Betty is survived by her three children: Stephen Sheer and wife Cheryl of Bayard; Calvin "Kelly" Sheer and wife Linda of Bayard and JoAnn Moses of Ankeny; five grandchildren: Mike Sheer and wife Tricia, Karen and husband Tracy Gotto, Morgan and husband Tony Maurth, Jason Sheer and wife Elaine and Robert "Bobby" Moses, nine great-grandchildren: Gentry, Dakota and Rachel Sheer; Samantha, Tayonna and Tanner Gotto; Carson and Davis Maurth and William Sheer; sister Gretchen Vaughn of Bayard; other relatives and friends.

FamilyTreeDNA Year-End Promotion 2011

FamilyTreeDNA 

Year-End Promotion 2011

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Be sure to specify The KINNICK DNA Project in order to receive the year-end promotion price.

Thank you for your participation.

Bill  ;-)

Happy to answer any questions, in the comments or directly at:
billsmith2003 at gmail.com - using this form to avoid spam.  ;-)


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Excerpt from forthcoming non-fiction book

Excerpt from the forthcoming non-fiction book:

The World of Sergeant Major
William Kinnick
(Revolutionary War Era)

By

Dr. Bill (William L.) Smith

Excerpt:
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William Kinnick was born April 1719 in Prince George’s County, Maryland. At the age of two, his mother deceased and his father, Jasper Kinnick, unable to care for him properly, placed the boy in the care of his brother-in-law, Richard Brightwell, until the age of 21 under the order of the County Court. In his fourteenth year, young William habitually ‘ran away’ from the home of his uncle, Richard Brightwell, his lawful guardian, to the home of John Brightwell, the younger brother of Richard Brightwell. Richard Brightwell filed a petition in the County Court to clarify his responsibilities under the earlier Guardianship order of the Court.

From the Court Record:

Consideration thereof had It Ordered by the Court here that the same be Reflected:

William Kinnick aged (as tis said on Courts horo) fifteen years next April in his proper person prays the Justices thereof that he may be Admitted to Choose his Guardian which is granted him. Whereupon he makes Choice of John Brightwell who upon his Declaring in Court how his Willingness to accept the same is admitted accordingly and the said John Brightwell in his proper person in Court now obliges himself to give his said Ward Two years Schooling or to Learn him to Read and Write and afterwards to Bind him to Some handy Craft Trade until he arrives to the age of Twenty one years.

William Kinnick reached the age of 21 in April 1740.

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